When where is used to refer to a point of origin, the preposition from is required: Where did she come from? When it is used to refer to a point of destination, the preposition to is generally superfluous: Where is she going? ( preferable to Where is she going to? ). When it is used to refer to the place at which an event or a situation is located, the use of at is widely regarded as regional or colloquial: Where is the station? (not Where is the station at? ). The idiomatic phrase where it's at, widely used in the 1960's to refer to “the current state of things,” is now largely pass?, except when used for stylistic effect:

“Generally, I knew where he was at, but couldn't always tell where he was coming from” (Robert M. Adams).See Usage Note at why

“通常来说，我知道他在什么地方，但我却不总能说出他从哪里来” （罗伯特·M·亚当斯）参见 why

现代英汉词典

where

[weE(r); (?@) hweEr]

adv.

(1)

什么地方

Where did you live while you were growing up?

你长成大人时住在哪儿?;你是在哪儿长大的?

Where are you from?

你从什么地方来？

(2)

…的地方

the office where I work

我工作的地方

词性变化

where

conj.

(1)

…的地方

Keep it where you can see it.

把它放在你看得见的地方。

(2)

但是

习惯用语

where it's at

真棒

This party's really where it's at, man!

啊，这个晚会真棒！

现代英汉综合大辞典

where

[(h)wZE]

adv.

(1)

[疑问副词]在哪里; 往哪里; 从哪里; 在哪一方面

(2)

[关系副词]在哪里; 往那里

(3)

[连接副词]在...地方; 到...的地方

Where did you go?

你上哪去了?

This is the house where I was born.

我就是出生在这幢房子里。

That is where we are going.

我们就是去那里。

That is just where you are wrong.

那正是你错误所在。

词性变化

where

[(h)wZE]

pron.

哪里

Where have you come from?

你刚从哪里来?

n.

(事情发生的)地点

The where and when are not known.

地点和时间都不知道。

习惯用语

Where from?

打哪里来?

where it's (all) at

重大事件发生的地点; 问题的核心所在

where sb. is at

某人的处境; 某人的实际情况

Where to?

上哪儿去?

用法词典

where

中古英语 wher＜古英语 hw?r

[七国语言]英汉公共大词典

where

哪里

美国传统词典

where

where

AHD:[hwar, war]

D.J.[hwW*r, wW*r]

K.K.[hwWr, wWr]

adv.

(1)

At or in what place:

Where is the telephone?

(2)

In what situation or position:

Where would we be without your help?

(3)

From what place or source:

Where did you get this idea?

(4)

To what place; toward what end:

Where is this argument leading?

conj.

(1)

At what or which place:

She moved to the city, where jobs are available.

(2)

In a place in which:

He lives where the climate is mild.

(3)

In any place or situation in which; wherever:

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

(4)

To a place in which:

We should go where it is quieter.

(5)

To a place or situation in which:

They will go where they are happy.

n.

(1)

The place or occasion:

We know the when but not the where of it.

(2)

What place, source, or cause:

Where are you from?

语源

(1)

Middle English

(2)

from Old English hw?r * see k wo-

用法

When where is used to refer to a point of origin, the preposition from is required: Where did she come from? When it is used to refer to a point of destination, the preposition to is generally superfluous: Where is she going? ( preferable to Where is she going to? ). When it is used to refer to the place at which an event or a situation is located, the use of at is widely regarded as regional or colloquial: Where is the station? (not Where is the station at? ). The idiomatic phrase where it's at, widely used in the 1960's to refer to “the current state of things,” is now largely pass?, except when used for stylistic effect:

“Generally, I knew where he was at, but couldn't always tell where he was coming from” (Robert M. Adams).See Usage Note at why